Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School
Bridewell Lane, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 1RE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Andrew Matthews & Fiona-Catherine Thompson
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 328
- URN
- 124550
- Local authority
- Suffolk
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01284754840
About this school
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School is a community primary school in Bury St Edmunds. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 328 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 48 | 52 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 81% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 15% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 88% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 87% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 87% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 108.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 65% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 325 |
| 2023/24 | 324 |
| 2024/25 | 338 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School compares
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School ranked 65th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4% | 13.3% | 328 | — |
| St Edmund's Catholic Primary School | 43% | 4.7% | 12.9% | 443 | 0.2 miles |
| Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery | 39% | 6.2% | 29.5% | 301 | 0.6 miles |
| Hardwick Primary School | 35% | 5.6% | 25.2% | 190 | 0.7 miles |
| St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy | 25% | 5.3% | 27.6% | 168 | 0.8 miles |
| Sebert Wood Community Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 9.5% | 374 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.31%
- English as an additional language
- 11.2%
- Overall absence
- 3.98%
- Persistent absence
- 5.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edmund's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Westgate Community Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
Hardwick Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
-
St Edmundsbury CofE Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Bury St. Edmunds
-
Sebert Wood Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Bury St Edmunds
Other schools in Bury St Edmunds
Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School ranks 9th of the 26 ranked primary schools in Bury St Edmunds.
- Abbots Green Primary Academy Primary
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Lawshall Primary
- Bardwell Church of England Primary School Primary
- Barningham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Barrow Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Beck Row Primary Academy Primary
- Cockfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Elmswell Community Primary School Primary
- Great Barton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Great Heath Academy Primary
- Hardwick Primary School Primary
- Hartest Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School teach?
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Bury St Edmunds.
- Who is the headteacher of Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School is Mr Andrew Matthews & Fiona-Catherine Thompson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School?
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School has 328 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School full?
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 328 on roll (78%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School compare with other schools in Suffolk?
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School ranked 65th of 225 primary schools in Suffolk for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.